Linux Common Commands Summary--rmdir

1. Function: Delete empty directory.

2. Usage:rmdir parameter Path

3. Parameters:

-P: Recursively delete empty directories, ' rmdir-p a/b/c ' is equivalent to executing a rmdir a/b/c A/b '

4. Example

[Email protected] home]# tree test

Test

├──test_1

│├──test_1.txt

│└──test_2

│├──test_2.txt

│└──test_3

├──test_1.txt

└──test_4

└──test_5

Example 1:test_1 file, can not be deleted through the rmdir command, Test_5, there is no file under the rmdir command to delete;

[Email protected] home]# rmdir test/test_4/test_5/

[Email protected] home]# rmdir test/test_1

RmDir: Delete "test/test_1" failed: Directory not empty

[Email protected] home]# tree test

Test

├──test_1

│├──test_1.txt

│└──test_2

│├──test_2.txt

│└──test_3

├──test_1.txt

└──test_4

Example 2: Delete Test_4, Test_5, test_6 three folders at the same time

[Email protected] test]# mkdir-p test/test_4/test_5/test_6

[Email protected] test]# tree

.

├──test

│└──test_4

│└──test_5

│└──test_6

├──test_1

│├──test_1.txt

│└──test_2

│├──test_2.txt

│└──test_3

└──test_1.txt

[Email protected] test]# rmdir-p test/test_4/test_5/test_6/

[Email protected] test]# tree

.

├──test_1

│├──test_1.txt

│└──test_2

│├──test_2.txt

│└──test_3

└──test_1.txt

A few empty folders under the test folder have been deleted.

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Linux Common Commands Summary--rmdir